Group D: Dr. George C.R. Hall 1901-1918

    The following comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: ”When a vote was taken, it was decided the fire was over and nothing more could be done, so on with the trip. What stands out most in

    The following comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “Once in a while during the summer holidays, a group of my friends would make homemade ice cream out of real cream and crank the appar

    Dr. George Wesley Hall was the Mariposa Medical Officer of Health for many years. Dr. George Wesley Hall also served on the school trustee board. My grandfather (Dr. George C.R. Hall) had hoped one d

    “I was 13 years old when WWI started, and I still recall the newspaper headlines, ‘Kaiser calls the agreement a scrap of paper,’ and I also recall Major General Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia an

    George C.R. Hall standing outside. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

    1915 George C.R. Hall passed the Junior High School Entrance exam. “I remember only a few details of my years at Lindsay Collegiate Institute. Outstanding are not important, but Monday after having b

    This is a copy of Dr. George C.R. Hall's Junior High School Geography entrance exam from 1915. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

    This is a copy of Dr. George C.R. Hall's Junior High School Entrance Exam for Writing in 1915. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

    This photo was taken in 1915 at the Lindsay Collegiate Institute. Dr. George C.R. Hall is sitting in class. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her

    Photo of Lindsay's Central School misidentified in presentation as Lindsay Collegiate Institute. Lindsay's Central School was built on the corner of Kent Street West and Albert Street in 1910 as a sc

    This comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “I remember one afternoon we were allowed from school to see the picture, Birth of a Nation. This was not my first movie as I sometimes went to

    The following comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “I believe the first moving picture I saw was Charles Chaplin in One A.M. While my parents were shopping in Toronto at Eaton’s, I woul

    ”When I was 13 years old, General Sir Sam Hughes came to our house, and I recalled his car. It was the first car I saw that had electric lights. The lights went off when the engine was turned off. Pr

    Dr. George C.R. Hall had an interest in automobiles throughout his life. When he was 15 years old he rebuilt his dad’s old car using a box as a seat. A driver’s license was not necessary, and the car

    This is a photograph of Dr. George C.R. Hall, taken in 1916 or 1917, accompanied by two friends. Names were not provided for the friends. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as

    During the summer months George C.R. Hall worked at his uncle’s 200-acre farm, located four miles away. He rode his bicycle back and forth daily, starting at seven A.M. and finishing by six P.M. or l

    The following comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “This job took up much of my time for the next several weeks. Threshing would require two or three days, and this was done by the thre

    “Running the blower, which blew out the straw, usually fell to my lot, and it was generally an easy job, unless those building the straw stack were particular and did not mind having themselves cover

    “During the hot June days while the crops were growing, there was the manure to draw out. I wore old rubber boots, khaki pants and a straw hat. The heat was brutal, and after a while I got use to the

    A collection of photographs provided by Marylou Hall on the life of Dr. George C.R. Hall from 1918 to 1940.